Chartiers Creek Bridge

Citations

• 37 Pa. Super. 281
• 1908 Pa. Super. LEXIS 278

Syllabus

<p>Bridges — County bridges — Crossing of highway — Substitution of one bridge for another — Act of June 13, 1836, secs. 35 and 37, P. L. 551.</p> <p>There is no authority under secs. 35 and 37 of the Act of June 13, 1836, P. L. 551, to construct a county bridge over a stream in substitution of an older bridge at a point 500 feet from the latter, where there is no highway on either side of the stream, where it will be necessary to construct lofty approaches aggregating 1,000 feet in length, and where a borough street will have to be extended to connect with the bridge.</p>